Where: Niger (14.5° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 0.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paleocene to Paleocene (66.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Eary Eocene according to Miller (1951) but that age was assigned prior the . STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Moll; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Mission of Capitaine Moll. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, but at least some at MNHN.
Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83986: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gisortia brevis Douvillé 1920 cowry | |
Heligmotenia molli Douvillé 1920 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli Douvillé 1920 nautiloid |